Belt-fastener.



PATENTED APR. 10, 190B.

J. MILLAR. BELT FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED Junmp 1905.

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ilhlll llh Application filed m 25, 1905.

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.Tle .it known that I, JOHN MILLAR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bclt-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to beltfasteners, and pertains especially to theclass of hingefasteners employing looped hooks and a pin cmniecting thehooks.

' The prime object of the invention is to provide a hinge-fastener whichshall show as little of the fastenerupon the inner side of the bolt aspossible, whereby frictional bearing of the fastener on the be t-pulleysmaybe lessened orentirely prevented, and which shall be of suchconstruction as not to interfere with the flexibility of the adjoiningbelt ends nor with the passage of the belt joint over pulleys, andespecially pulleys of small size and crown-pulleys.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1is a face view of a portion of a belt the adjacent ends of which areconnected by a fastener con structed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 shows the hooks alternating the sides ofa belt. Fig. 3 is anenlarged section on the line a m, Fig. 1. Fi 4 is a detailperspective'view of one of the ooks ready to be applied to a belt,showing in dotted lines its fixed position. Fig. 5 is a similar viewshowing a modified arrangement of arms of the preferred form of book.Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank from which a further modified form ofhookis made. Fig. 7 is a persaective view of a hook shaped from theblank shown in Fig. 6. Fi 8 is a perspective view of a plate-hook sowing a further modification. Fig. 9 1s a sectlonal VleW of art of abelt, showing the application of the liook shown in Fi 8. Fig. 10 is aperspec tive view of a still further modificatlon.

The same reference-numerals denote the same parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings. I

The belt ends 1 and 2 each have 'a sin le line of eyes 3 adjoining theed es of the lost, so that onl a short length of Felt material 4intervenes between said edges and the eyes.

, The preferred form of fastener, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4t,consists of two sets of hooks, one set being carried by the belt end 1andthe other set by the belt end 2, and a suit- Specification of LettersPatent.

pressed int able pin or key 5, preferably of rawhide, to

Patented April 10, 1906. $erial No. 271,201. (Modeh) afford flexibility.All the hooks of each set bein of the same construction, only one hookwill be-herein described in detail. It consists of a single piece ofsuitable wire having a central circular loop 6, the wire portions beingextended laterally from the loo side by side and on a line out of thecentraFplane of the loop a distance equal to the belt material 4 to formarms 7, thelatter being bent at right angles side by side to form armportions 8, adapted to be projected through the eyes 3. These armportions terminate together in clenching-points 9, and said arm portionsafter being passed through eyes from the face or outer side of the beltare turned back on the inner side of the belt toward the loo a distancepreferably equal to about ha f the length of the arms 7, where thepoints 9 are clenched into the belt, so as to leave a minimum of beltmaterial between the belt end and the said points. A shoulder l isformed at the intersection of one arm and the loop. The arm portions 8are stamped or the belt substantially flush with 'e of the belt, andthey are of such short .a ogth as to reduce their contact with a pulleyto a minimum degree, whereby friction between said parts is obviated.The loops are smaller in diameter than the thickness of the belt and areplaced to stand out of the plane of the inner surface of the belt. Thisarrangement affords free flexibility of the adjoining belt crosswise thelatter, whereby the belt joiner or fastener may adapt itself to ulleysof various character and form.

he arrangement of the hooks, as shown in the inner f.

Fig. 2, represents the hooks as alternating in reversed osition, so thateither side of the belt may be run next to a pulley.

In Fig. 5 is shown the same hook, except it has a long arm 10 and ashort arm 11. These arms may be made to pierce the belt withoutproviding thelatter wlth eyes. Referring to the modification shown inFigs. Band 7, the hook is struck om a metal plate the body 12 of whichforms a loop 13, whence the arms 14 project edge to edge and at rightangles to form arm portions 15, adapted to be projected toward the loopon the inner side of a belt and have inturned clenching-points 16.

The modification shown in Fi s. 8 and 9 represents a hook formed ofsuita )le plate or sheet metal with a long arm 17 and a short arm 18,both extending from a I00 19, said arms adapted to pierce a belt and eturned back on the inner side of the belt to form arm portions 20,provided with clenchingpoints 21.

In Fig. 10 is shown a plate-hook similar to the one just described,except the arms 22 have reduced arm portions 23, which are Withoutclenching-points.

It will be observed that in all the forms shown and described there is ashoulder formed by and between one of the arms and its loop, againstwhich shoulder the oining each hook "bein made of a single piece ofmetal to form adoop, a pair of arms projecting in the same directionfrom thetop of the hook, an arm portion extending from each of said armsunder the latter toward the loop and terminating in clenching-points,and a suitable pin extending through the loops to connect the hooks.

2. A belt-fastener comprising two sets of independent loops, a pair otarms oroje ting'v side by side in the same direction om their loop, apair of arm portions extending side by side under said arms toward saidloop and terminating in a pair of inturned clenchingpoints, and asuitable pin extending through the loops toconnect them.

3. In a belt -'i'astener, the combination, with a suitable key, of thehooks reversed alternately on the belt and having loops intervening theadjoining belt ends, arms extending from the loops on one side of thebelt, through the latter, arm portions extending toward the loops on theopposite side of the belt and terminating in inturned piercingpoints.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

JUHN MILLAR. l itnesses J. Ross GoLnoUN. L. E Molvng.

